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    Recycling crisis: India’s plastic waste keeps piling up to alarming levels

    Recycling, reusing and refilling are solutions that will help manage plastic waste more effectively, and lead to the development of a circular economy, say industry stakeholders.

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    Plastic is unavoidable now and so is the pollution caused by it. The answer lies in managing plastic waste in a better way and embracing recycling in a bigger way.

    Any plastic bag you use after April 23 is most probably dumped haphazardly, polluting the environment, and leading to health issues. This is because after this day, our country runs out of capacity to manage the plastic waste generated in the year.Swiss non-profit EA Earth Action calls this tipping point “plastic overshoot day.” September 5 is the overshoot day for the world. It comes much later for developed countries — December 11 for the US,
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